Babergh's Final Decision Statemenent on the Plan can be found here. The Neighbourhood Plan Team was disbanded in November 2018. Members of the team have been appointed by the Parish Council as 'Neighbourhood Plan Watchdogs'. Their role is to help the PC identify how incoming planning proposals sit with the policies in the Neighbourhood Plan. This then then helps the PC in formulating their comments to the District Council who are responsible for decisions on planning applications.

What is a Neighbourhood Plan?

A Neighbourhood Plan is a community-led framework for guiding the future of development in an area

Neighbourhood Plans were introduced aspart of a governmental drive toward ‘Localism', handing powers over from government to local areas

A Neighbourhood Plan is developed by the community. Lawshall's Plan is based on what the community have said through community consultation events, the village questionnaire, the housing needs survey and a number of other activities documented in the Plan.

Planning applications in Lawshall will be judged against the policies contained in the Plan until the year 2036

Because we have a Neighbourhood Plan, Lawshall Parish Council will receive a larger cut of funds raised by any new builds in the village. The village will now receive 25% of the ‘Community Infrastructure Levy' rather than 15%.

What are the policies in the Neighbourhood Plan?

There are 16 policies in the Neighbourhood Plan. The contents page of the Plan tells you where each policy can be found. They include:

Policies regarding where housing would and would not be permissible, how many houses are permissible within a site and what kind of houses are appropriate given Lawshall's needs

Members of the team were asked, in line with our Terms of Reference, to complete a Declarations of Interest form. These forms can be found in the documents bar. For PC members, their PC declarations are duplicated. Signatures have been obscured for security but originals can be viewed on request.